Casey Albin, MD

If the Cashew Nut sign should make you worry about venous sinus thrombosis, I'd like to introduce the *Pirates Booty Sign*. For my n=1, it is perfectly sensitive and specific for...

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1/ 🚨There has been an increasing number ❓celebritis on the @Twitter signout recently We, too, have some questions re:celebritis. Mainly, what is celebritis? How can we dz & tx i...

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1/ There have been a lot of “❓cerebritis” on the neuroICU signouts this year. I, too, have some questions re: cerebritis… mainly, like what the heck is cerebritis and how are the...

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Looking forward to learning from leaders in #ncc & the families/patients who’ve lived it @ #worldcomaday22 🧠 1/ #awakeninghope to me means the continued march to better prognostic...

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There are the AHA guidelines & then there are institutional preferences for the promising (but not yet canonized) styles of monitoring/tx for aSAH. @stevefylypiw & I want to know...

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1/ In early residency, I was in a family meeting. “Unfortunately, your 55yo loved one has suffered a very large stroke affecting a large portion of the brain. Surgery would redu...

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1/ So many great guesses on the mysterious lesion!!! Didn’t see it? Check out ⬇️ and then read on! A #tweetorial on mysterious lesions and radiology. @MedTweetorials https://t....

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1/ As a first year fellow, I remember having a patient in the CCU who met every criteria for brain death testing, except they appeared to be over-breathing the vent... NeuroEMCri...

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1/ A pt w/ ESRD on HD, a fib on coumadin is transferred after a 2 wk hosp for SDH/contusions + ESBL PNA w/ status epilepticus Scan ⬇️ AEDs: fPHT 100mg Q8H, LEV 1g BID, LAC 100m...

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1/ It was a delight to work with @gabifpucci of @neudrawlogy to explore the incredibly diverse CNS complications of infective endocarditis! An #infographic & #tweetorial investig...

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1/ We explain to my kids (3/1.5) that when I'm is gone on nights / weekends it’s because I'm taking care of patients with brain boo-boos. And I hope one day that they’ll be super...

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1/ 🚨Another fun guessing game / #tweetorial 🚨 What do these 5⃣ images have in common? (Click 🔽 to see all 5!) https://t.co/5Q1YjnF7xV

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